It removed high ranking officials, broke entrenched networks, and reset political behavior across the system. Think tanks in the United States and Europe still study this period because it shows how a ruling party can discipline itself without losing control. Poverty governance reforms during the targeted poverty alleviation years are also frequently mentioned by institutions like the World Bank. China removed local officials who failed, monitored funds, and closed administrative loopholes. These adjustments were not symbolic. They were system maintenance.

Study it and inflict opposite on their own citizens while shouting, "communism bad!”